Eddy Clearwater - Blues Hang Out

Size: 156.6 MB
Time: 66:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Blues Hang Out (5:14)
02. Somebody Please Help Me (6:43)
03. I Came Up The Hard Way (7:12)
04. Set It Out (3:10)
05. Stormy Monday (7:52)
06. I Don't Know Why (5:09)
07. Boogie Woogie Baby (2:58)
08. Blues For Breakfast (5:09)
09. Miss You So (3:00)
10. Chicago Daley Blues (6:48)
11. That's My Baby (3:32)
12. You Upset Me Baby (4:27)
13. Hound Dog (2:41)
14. Lay My Guitar Down (2:43)

Eddy Clearwater has had a tough time shaking his "Chuck Berry imitator" label, and he includes Berry-tinged numbers at the halfway point and end of this nice, if thoroughly derivative, urban blues set recorded in 1989 for Black and Blue and recently reissued by Evidence on CD, with the familiar country boogie shuffle and tinkling licks. Clearwater could not do a set without the signature "Lay My Guitar Down," and this rendition is surging and enjoyable although inferior to the definitive one. Otherwise, it is a pile-driving and urgently performed date; Clearwater and Will Crosby swap slashing lines, crackling phrases, and answering fills. Clearwater's session contains several robust, entertaining passages, even if there is absolutely nothing you have not heard before. ~Ron Wynn

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Shoji Naito - Westmont To Chicago: Tribute To Eddy Clearwater

Size: 131,1 MB
Time: 55:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Sen Sa Shun (Feat. Eddy Clearwater Band) (4:49)
02. I Need You So Bad (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:52)
03. Like The Creeper (4:18)
04. Stranded (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (4:37)
05. A Minor Cha-Cha (Feat. Eddy Clearwater Band) (3:46)
06. Reconsider Baby (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:31)
07. Eddy's Midnight Dream (Feat. Lee Kanehira) (3:37)
08. Find Yourself (Feat. Win Noll) (3:34)
09. Deep Blue Sea Blues (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:30)
10. Don't Go No Further (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:34)
11. Greyhound Harmonica Jam (2:33)
12. You Don't Have To Go (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:23)
13. Women Be Wise (Feat. Ginny Morin) (3:55)
14. Crossover (Feat. Tom Crivellone) (3:05)
15. Ogden Avenue (3:36)

Eddy Clearwater Tribute Album by the artist who was a longtime member of Eddy Clearwater Band. Features not only the artists who were members of Eddy Clearwater band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired but also Eddy Clearwater himself.

Both Muddy Waters and Eddy Clearwater lived in Westmont, Illinois, in the '80s. Ogden Avenue (Historic Route 66) is a street that connects Westmont to Chicago. This album is full of Muddy and Eddy's music. I hope you enjoy the ride from Westmont to Chicago on Ogden Avenue with me. ~Shoji Naito

This collection is a tribute to Eddy Clearwater, our teacher, mentor, music father, and friend. Each of the songs had special meaning for Eddy, and the performers on these tracks include not only Shoji Naito and well-known Chicago Blues greats, but also members of Eddy’s last band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired. ~Tom Crivellone

Westmont To Chicago

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Eddy Clearwater - Help Yourself

Size: 101,0 MB
Time: 42:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Who Loves You Baby? (2:56)
02. Help Yourself (3:49)
03. Set It Out (2:36)
04. All Your Love (4:00)
05. Chicago Weather Woman (3:31)
06. Crossover (4:29)
07. That's My Baby (2:41)
08. Big Time Gambler (4:32)
09. Little Bit Of Blues (3:12)
10. Poison Ivy (2:52)
11. Messed Up World (5:04)
12. We're Out Of Here (2:51)

Clearwater wrote the lion's share of this well-produced collection, reaching back for material by Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, and Willie Mabon to round it out. The usual infectious mix of shimmering West Side blues, hauling rockabilly, and even a touch of funk on "Little Bit of Blues." Guitarist Will Crosby shares lead chores with his boss, and Carey Bell (Eddy's cousin) handles the harp work. ~Bill Dahl

Help Yourself

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Ash Grunwald - Mojo

Size: 113,6 MB
Time: 48:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Hammer (Feat. Terry Evans) (4:53)
02. Ain't My Problem (Feat. The Teskey Brothers) (3:12)
03. Waiting Around To Die (Feat. Joe Bonamassa, Josh Teskey & Ian Collard) (4:17)
04. Whispering Voice (Feat. Kasey Chambers) (2:55)
05. Human (Feat. Mahalia Barnes & Harry James Angus) (4:20)
06. Trouble's Door (Feat Mahalia Barnes & Kim Wilson) (5:04)
07. Mountain (Feat. Mahalia Barnes) (3:21)
08. 3Am (Feat. Harry James Angus & Ian Collard) (4:36)
09. How Many More Years (Feat. Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater & Ian Collard) (5:05)
10. Whipping Boy (Feat. Terry Evans) (3:33)
11. The Boogie (3:12)
12. Goin' Out West (Feat. Kim Wilson) (3:50)

Ash Grunwald, loved for his crowd frenzied shows and blistering guitar playing, has critics and fans raving about his unique blend of roots, beats and a whole lotta groove for over a decade. Nominated for a swag of awards and winning a few, Ash proves why he is one of Australia’s most loved bluesmen.

Recorded in the US and Australia, Mojo is Ash’s first new studio album in four years and features guest appearances by The Teskey Brothers, Mahalia Barnes and Joe Bonamassa amongst others.

Mojo

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Shoji Naito - New Cool Old School

Size: 134,3 MB
Time: 57:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. I Got To Go (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:38)
02. Honey Bee (Feat. Billy Flynn & Willie Buck) (6:28)
03. Big Boss Man (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Gerry Hundt) (3:16)
04. I'll Change My Style (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Ariyo) (2:30)
05. Congo Mombo (Feat. Mark Fornek & Lee Kanehira) (4:18)
06. I Got Myself A Workin' Man (Feat. Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer) (4:25)
07. Bopp'n And Jumpin' The Blues (Feat. Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer) (3:41)
08. Sweet Home Chicago (Feat. Milwaukee Slim) (6:02)
09. Last Night (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (4:17)
10. I'm Ready (Feat. Willie Buck & Gerry Hundt) (4:45)
11. Walking By Myself (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Ariyo) (2:44)
12. Sad Night Owl (Feat. Lee Kanehira) (3:31)
13. Same Old Scool (Feat. Ariyo) (2:43)
14. Money, Marbles And Chalk (Feat. Gerry Hundt, Grant Kessler & Marty Binder) (4:55)

Shoji Naito probably isn’t a name most blues lovers recognize, but he’s made quite a name for himself behind the scenes since emigrating to the U.S. in 1996 to study guitar and bass at Chicago’s Columbia College.

A gifted harmonica player, too, he started playing the blues professionally at age 16 at home in Toyota, Japan, and quickly started making the rounds of some of the best clubs in the Windy City. Through his college years, he sat in with John Primer, Carey Bell, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Lurrie Bell and others.

His big break came 12 years ago, when guitarist Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater invited him to join his band, a relationship that continues today. In addition, Naito performs regularly with Morry Shocat & The Special 20s. As a duo, he and Sochat won the 2013 Chicago Blues Challenge.

In addition, since 1997, he’s worked with legendary harmonica instructor and builder Joe Filisko at the Old Town School Of Folk Music, laying down most of the practice tracks that Filisko uses in his lessons. And he also markets play-along tracks for harp players through his website.

New Cool Old School is Naito’s debut as a front man after appearing on one of Shocat’s releases and producing albums for him and Clearwater. He’s featured on guitar and harp throughout, but hands over the vocals to others on all but one tune. He’s backed by a who’s who of Chicago blues artists, including Clearwater, Billy Flynn, Gerry Hundt, Harlan Terson, Cicero Adams and Marty Binder on guitar, bass and mandolin; Rie “Lee” Kanehira, Erwin Helfer and Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi on keyboards; Marty Binder, Mark Fornek and Flynn on drums. Willie Buck, Katherine Davis, Milwaukee Slim and Clearwater handle most of the vocals, and Grant Kessler sits in on harp on the final cut.

All but two of the cuts here are covers. Everything you’ll hear here was recorded in one take without overdubs and retains the feel you’d experience in an intimate bar during the time most of the authors’ heyday.

Naito’s on harp with Buck handling the vocals for a rousing version of Little Walter’s “I Got To Go” and a traditional take on Muddy Waters’ “Honey Bee” to start the set before Clearwater takes the mike for versions of the Jimmy Reed standards “Big Boss Man” and “I’ll Change My Style.” His style on the reeds is classic Chicago old-school, active, but never intrusive. He’s no copycat, preferring to add his own touches rather than playing like his predecessors note for note. He picks up the six-string for an instrumental cover of Guitar Gable’s “Congo Mombo.” His guitar stylings are crisp and feature single-note runs. On both instruments, he’s slightly behind the beat, driving the rhythm forward.

Davis steps to the mike for Alberta Hunter’s “I Got Myself a Workin’ Man” and her own “Bopp’n And Jumpin The Blues” with Naito on guitar before Milwaukee Slim and Clearwater take turns covering Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago” and Big Walter’s “Last Night.” Buck’s back to deliver the Willie Dixon/Muddy original “I’m Ready,” and Eddy takes on Jimmy Rogers’ “Walking By Myself” before Shoji’s talents on the strings are on full display for a version of sax player Sonny Thompson’s “Blues For The Night Owl,” retitled “Sad Night Owl.” Naito and Ariyo trade licks on acoustic harp and piano for their original, “Same Old S’cool,” before Shoji abandons his instruments to sing a version of Rogers’ “Money, Marbles And Chalk” to conclude the set.

Although there’s relatively nothing new or groundbreaking here, New Cool Old School is one sensational album if your tastes run to traditional Chicago blues like mine do. Available through most major retailers, it’s going on my short list as one of the best CDs I’ve heard this year. ~by Marty Gunther

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Terry Robb - Stop This World

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 43:12
Size: 100.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Released: 1996
Art: Front

1. Pretty Baby (Didn't Think I'd Know) (3:40)
2. Nummber Rag/take A Look At That Baby (Instrumental) (3:15)
3. Wait For Me Baby (4:04)
4. Stop This World (3:31)
5. I Want To Be Loved (4:05)
6. Darkest Road I'm Told (61 Highway) (4:13)
7. Louis Collins (3:33)
8. Lonely Weekends (3:37)
9. Feel Like Goin' Home (4:30)
10. Depot Blues (3:49)
11. Buck Dance II (Instrumental) (1:35)
12. Til The End Of Time (3:15)

Terry Robb is considered one of the best acoustic blues guitarists on the West Coast. Here, he is joined by longtime cohort Curtis Salgado (Robert Cray Band, Roomful of Blues), premier blues guitarist Eddy Clearwater, and vocalist Maria Muldaur.

Recording information: Dead Aunt Thelma's, Portland OR; Sound Thinking, Hood River OR.

Terry Robb - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, National guitar
Albert Reda - vocals, upright bass
Curtis Salgado - harmonica
Eddy Clearwater - guitar
Jeff Minnieweather - drums
Maria Muldaur - vocals
Skip Parente - violin

Stop This World

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Eddy Clearwater - Flimdoozie / A Real Good Time: Live!

Album: Flimdoozie
Size: 100,0 MB
Time: 42:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986/2001
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. All About The Blues (5:50)
02. Sugar Baby (3:52)
03. Do This Town Tonight (4:03)
04. Black Night - Falling Down Heavy (7:34)
05. Flimdoozie (4:37)
06. Irs Man (4:15)
07. Sail The Ship (5:31)
08. Don't Take My Blues (6:58)

Along with Magic Slim, Eddy Clearwater is a preeminent torchbearer of Chicago bar-band blues. He's not quite a virtuoso guitarist, but on this reissue from 1986, he has the guts and chops to go head-to-head with Otis Rush for five songs. Clearwater even quotes Rush's famed "All Your Love" lick back at Rush on "Sail the Ship." On all eight cuts, Clearwater's crisp, shouted vocal delivery adds an electric charge to the works, pumping uptempo entries like his "All About the Blues" (Clearwater's own statement of purpose) and lending a defiant edge to Charles Brown's anthem of the downtrodden, "Black Night." The guitar interplay's stunning on the latter, too. The title track lays down a hearty R&B groove, and Clearwater pays homage to one of his mentors, Chuck Berry, in the flat-four rocker "Do This Town Tonight." Song to song, the unflagging dependability of Clearwater's all-around journeyman musicianship makes Flimdoozie thoroughly entertaining. --Ted Drozdowski

Flimdoozie

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Album: A Real Good Time: Live!
Size: 155,2 MB
Time: 63:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. How! (2:24)
02. A Real Good Time/Cool Water (5:46)
03. Three Ways To Skin A Cat (4:15)
04. Lowdown Lonesome Feeling (7:04)
05. Hustlin' And Schemin' (5:33)
06. Hi-Yo Silver (5:51)
07. I'll Change My Style (3:16)
08. My Little Honey Bee (4:11)
09. Party At My House (5:15)
10. Tera Down The Wall Of Hate (5:12)
11. All Your Love (5:11)
12. Get Off On The Blues (5:59)
13. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (3:03)

Eddy Clearwater delivers on the promise of this set's title on his best concert recording to date, recorded at a couple of Indiana nightspots. Those enduring (and endearing) Berry roots surface anew on a storming medley of "A Real Good Time" and "Cool Water," and there are more '50s-style rockers in "Hi-Yo Silver" and "Party at My House." But he exhibits a social conscience on the decided departure "Tear Down the Wall of Hate." ~by Bill Dahl

A Real Good Time: Live!

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Eddy Clearwater - Two Times Nine

Size: 111,8 MB
Time: 48:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1981/1991
Styles: Chicago Blues, Rock & Roll
Art: Full

01. A Little Bit Of Blues (4:14)
02. A Little Bit Of Rock N' Roll (4:37)
03. Blast Off (8:39)
04. Came Up The Hard Way (4:08)
05. 2 X 9 (4:29)
06. Chicago Daily Blues (3:18)
07. Nashville Rd (4:44)
08. The World Is In A Bad Situation (4:26)
09. Chuck Berry Medley (9:49)

Recorded originally for Clearwater's own Cleartone label and later leased to Ron Bartolucci's Baron imprint, these late-'70s sides were potent indicators of his maturing blues style. These weren't homemade sessions; all-star sidemen include drummer Casey Jones, guitarist Jimmy Johnson, and saxist Abb Locke. The title cut is a blistering Chuck Berry-styled rocker, "Came Up the Hard Way" displays a firm grasp of the West Side sound, and "A Little Bit of Blues, A Little Bit of Rock & Roll" utilizes a funky groove to foot-stomping advantage. ~Review by Bill Dahl

Two Times Nine

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Various - Roc-King Up A Storm

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:03
Size: 130.6 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Soul, R&B
Year: 1999/2005
Art: Front

[2:34] 1. The Lamplighters - Ride Jockey Ride
[2:31] 2. Five Jets - Please Love Me Baby
[2:32] 3. Big Jay McNeely - Nervous Man Nervous
[2:00] 4. Roy Byrd - Rockin' With Fes
[2:44] 5. The Midnighters - Rock, Granny, Roll
[2:19] 6. Joe Tex - She's Mine
[2:13] 7. Big John Greer - Come Back Uncle John
[2:29] 8. Rudy Moore - Set It Up And Go
[2:06] 9. Billy Gayles - Do Right Baby
[2:26] 10. Jackie Brenston - Much Later
[2:30] 11. Tiny Topsy - You Shocked Me
[2:48] 12. Big Daddy - Bacon Fat
[2:40] 13. Little Willie John - Spasms
[2:10] 14. Cecil McNabb Jr - Clock Tickin' Rhythm
[2:27] 15. Boyd Bennett - Move
[2:44] 16. Hank Ballard - Broadway
[2:05] 17. Tiny Topsy - Miss You So
[1:53] 18. Ronnie Molleen - Rockyn Up
[2:00] 19. Otis Redding - Fat Gal
[2:43] 20. Hank Ballard - Nothing But Good
[1:42] 21. Ba Ba Thomas - Miss Shake It
[2:19] 22. Eddie Clearwater - A Real Good Time
[1:52] 23. Ba Ba Thomas - Why Don't You Leave It Alone
[3:05] 24. Little Willie John - You Hurt Me

Fantastic swingin' and groovin' compilation! Red Hot Flamin' Rhythm & Blues and Rock'n'Roll for Bright Pink Suit Swingers and Real Gone Hep Cats!

Roc-King Up A Storm mc
Roc-King Up A Storm zippy

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VA - The Chicago Blues Box 2

Size: 157,5+148,5+153,5+155,7+149,8+140,2+147,3+128,0 MB
Time: 67:44+64:01+66:16+67:09+64:36+60;28+63:18+55:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Eddie Taylor - Opening (2:58)
02. Eddie Taylor - Red Light (4:30)
03. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (3:23)
04. Eddie Taylor - Blow Wind Blow (4:04)
05. Eddie Taylor - Down In Virginia (2:53)
06. Eddie Taylor - Lucky Lou (4:37)
07. Eddie Taylor - Tell Me Mama (4:53)
08. Big Mojo Elem - Talk To Your Daughter (2:53)
09. Big Mojo Elem - Hide Away (4:49)
10. Big Mojo Elem - Be My Little Girl (2:28)
11. Andrew Blueblood McMahon - Red Light, Pt. 2 (3:56)
12. Andrew Blueblood McMahon - Mojo Hand (4:44)
13. Big Voice Odom - Mojo Working (2:44)
14. Big Mojo Elem - Dry Land, Pt. 2 (5:53)
15. Big Voice Odom - Where Are You Goin' (8:38)
16. Big Voice Odom - Thrill Is Gone (4:15)

CD 2:
01. Hip Lankchan - You Left Me With A Broken Heart (5:12)
02. Hip Lankchan - I'm On My Way (5:20)
03. Hip Lankchan - Last Night (4:58)
04. Hip Lankchan - All Your Love (4:47)
05. Hip Lankchan - I Don't Want No Woman (4:27)
06. Hip Lankchan - Black Nights (5:24)
07. Hip Lankchan - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (4:43)
08. Hip Lankchan - Same Old Blues (3:27)
09. Hip Lankchan - Why I Sing The Blues (5:50)
10. Eddie Clearwater - Everyday I Have The Blues (4:25)
11. Eddie Clearwater - You Don't Have To Go (4:57)
12. Eddie Clearwater - Poison Ivy (3:39)
13. Eddie Clearwater - My Babe (6:47)

CD 3:
01. Jimmy Dawkins - Way She Walks (4:27)
02. Jimmy Dawkins - Rock Me Baby (5:08)
03. Jimmy Dawkins - I Wonder Why (4:46)
04. Jimmy Dawkins - Cold Sweet Blues (7:14)
05. Jimmy Dawkins - Driving Wheel (5:39)
06. Jimmy Dawkins - Will My Baby Home Tonight (5:44)
07. Jimmy Dawkins - Big Duke's (4:40)
08. Jimmy Dawkins - Hard Road To Travel (6:54)
09. Jimmy Dawkins - J.D's Jam (3:31)
10. Jimmy Dawkins - Nature Ball (5:41)
11. Jimmy Dawkins - Pretty Woman (4:42)
12. Jimmy Dawkins - Ode To Billy Joe (7:44)

CD 4:
01. Jimmy Johnson - Long About Midnight (7:06)
02. Jimmy Johnson - Strange Thing Happening (5:29)
03. Jimmy Johnson - Look On Yonder Wall (3:34)
04. Jimmy Johnson - I'm Crazy About You Baby (4:28)
05. Jimmy Johnson - Breaking Up Somebody's Home (5:01)
06. Jimmy Johnson - Sweet Little Angel (5:22)
07. Jimmy Johnson - Three Times Chicago (4:42)
08. Jimmy Johnson - Midnight Hour (4:08)
09. Jimmy Johnson - My Own Fault (5:26)
10. Jimmy Johnson - Get Ready Here I Come (3:51)
11. Jimmy Johnson - Same Old Blues (4:09)
12. Jimmy Johnson - So Many Roads (6:45)
13. Jimmy Johnson - As The Years Go Passing By (7:02)

CD 5:
01. John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom (4:31)
02. John Littlejohn - Rob And Steal (3:39)
03. John Littlejohn - Five Long Years (3:21)
04. John Littlejohn - Kiddeo (2:44)
05. John Littlejohn - That's All Right (7:17)
06. John Littlejohn - I Can't Stay Here (5:10)
07. John Littlejohn - Bobby's Rock (3:43)
08. John Littlejohn - Twenty Nine Ways (6:13)
09. John Littlejohn - So Glad You're Mine (4:13)
10. John Littlejohn - All I Want (2:48)
11. John Littlejohn - Dream, Pt. 2 (6:39)
12. John Littlejohn - All Your Love (6:26)
13. John Littlejohn - Sunny Road (7:46)

CD 6:
01. Magic Slim - Buddy Buddy Friend (4:25)
02. Magic Slim - You Upset Me Baby (3:45)
03. Magic Slim - Born Down The Bridge (6:30)
04. Magic Slim - Rock Me Baby (5:02)
05. Magic Slim - Tell Me Baby (2:52)
06. Magic Slim - Jumpin' At Ma Bea's (4:56)
07. Magic Slim - I Don't Got Over (5:22)
08. Magic Slim - Tramp (6:04)
09. Magic Slim - Josephine's (4:49)
10. Magic Slim - As The Years Go Passing By (6:04)
11. Magic Slim - Everything Gonna Be Alright (5:02)
12. Magic Slim - Mary Lou (5:31)

CD 7:
01. The Aces - Rock Me Baby (4:25)
02. The Aces - You're The One (3:08)
03. The Aces - Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:04)
04. The Aces - Someday Baby (3:41)
05. The Aces - Off The Wall (4:24)
06. The Aces - Bobby's Rock (4:16)
07. The Aces - Kansas City (4:51)
08. The Aces - Honky Tonk (4:50)
09. The Aces - Don't Throw Your Love On Me (3:45)
10. The Aces - C.C. Rider (4:07)
11. The Aces - Sweet Home Chicago (2:49)
12. The Aces - Hide Away (5:05)
13. The Aces - Tribute To Little Walter (1:54)
14. The Aces - The Ace's Shuffle (3:09)
15. The Aces - Blues With A Feeling (3:42)
16. The Aces - Honky Tonk, Pt. 2 (5:01)

CD 8:
01. Willie Kent - I'm Not The Same Person (5:42)
02. Willie Kent - Ghetto (7:43)
03. Willie Kent - Dust My Broom (3:55)
04. Willie Kent - Chili Con Carne (3:08)
05. Willie Kent - Blue Guitar (5:26)
06. Willie Kent - Bobby's Rock (4:06)
07. Willie Kent - Sweet Home Chicago (2:54)
08. Willie Kent - Tell Him He Got To Go (4:17)
09. Willie Kent - Chicken Shack (4:10)
10. Willie Kent - 19 Years Old, Pt. 2 (3:44)
11. Willie Kent - I Love The Woman (4:44)
12. Willie Kent - You Know I Love You (5:13)

After the popularity of Storyville’s first best-selling boxed set of Chicago blues recordings, we’re delighted to present another outstanding 8 CD collection from the vaults of MCM Records. As in the first boxed set, the live atmosphere of these unedited performances shines through, revealing the true ambiance of the Chicago Blues club scene in the mid-1970s, as well as the individuals whose talents MCM Records would preserve. They captured an authenticity that rarely surfaced on the major label recordings that some of these artists made.

MCM was a labour of love by a young French woman, Marcelle Chailleux, and her future husband Jacques Morgantini. In the 1950's Jacques had brought the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker to Europe to appear at his French hometown event - a dedicated Chicago blues festival - but it was recent blues convert Marcelle who travelled to Chicago in the mid-1970s to record a unique collection of live performances.

Some of the performances presented here were by men who would become giants of the blues; others were by talented artists who never found wider fame and whose MCM recordings remain the only surviving evidence of their talent.

In this superb collection, you will find rare tracks by Eddie Taylor, Big Mojo Elem, Andrew “Blueblood” McMahon, Big Voice Odom, Hip Lankchan, Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Magic Slim, John Littlejohn, Bobby King and The Aces. The recordings stem from famous Chicago blues venues Ma Bea’s, the Golden Slipper and Big Duke’s. Marcelle was only just in time to capture the genuine feel and sound of those old-time clubs before they disappeared. Jimmy Dawkins, bluesman par excellence, was her guide to the 1975 Chicago blues scene, and has said: “It was natural and ‘for real’ without over-preparation. You get the feeling of the room, the music, the audience, and the blues. It was the real thing. Places like Ma Bea’s and the old Golden Slipper are all gone now.” Jacques Morgantini writes in the liner notes: “These records capture the music that was played in the clubs at that time, the real Chicago blues sound! And that was exactly what Marcelle wanted: to give those musicians a chance to get themselves better known”.

The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 1
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 2
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 3
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 4
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 5
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 6
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 7
The Chicago Blues Box 2 Vol. 8

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Eddie Clearwater - Black Night

Size: 140,0 MB
Time: 61:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1979/1995
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Black Night (9:23)
02. Chicago Daily Blues (9:32)
03. My Babe (6:53)
04. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (6:58)
05. Rock Me Baby (6:40)
06. Every Day I Have The Blues (4:30)
07. The Things I Used To Do (8:20)
08. You Don't Have To Go (5:02)
09. Poison Ivy (3:41)

Personnel:
Eddie Clearwater: Guitar & vocals
Jimmy Dawkins: Guitar
Sylvester Boines: Bass
Freddie Below: Drums

Recorded November 5, 1976.

Eddie Clearwater, was born in Macon, Mississippi. An excellent guitarist, he is above all an outstanding singer with a beautifully harsh, teasing voice which he uses like an extra instrument. Making the most of this, he runs the emotional scales from desperation to exhuberance - sometimes broken with emotion other times bouyed up with a vibrant lust for life. Eddie Clean/rater's, mastery of the emotional understatement brings a renewed vitality to blues classics like ' Hoochie Coochie Man", "Rock Me Baby", "My Babe" and "Things I Used To Do", and masterly reveals the hidden beauty in less familiar numbers like "Black Night Is Falling" and "Chicago Dailey Blues". Eddie Clearwater, yet another great blues singer who could so easily have remained undiscovered outside his home town ... until now. ~Marcelle Morgantini.

Black Night

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Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater - Reservation Blues

Size: 126,1 MB
Time: 54:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Winds Of Change (4:53)
02. I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down (4:26)
03. Find Yourself (5:32)
04. Reservation Blues (6:14)
05. Walls Of Hate (3:55)
06. Running Along (7:38)
07. Blues Cruise (5:59)
08. Susie-Q (2:55)
09. Easy Is My Style (3:52)
10. Everything To Gain (5:02)
11. Sweet Little Rock & Roller (4:06)

Eddy Clearwater is equally talented as a bluish singer and as an improvising guitarist. On Reservation Blues, he ranges from Chicago blues to rock & roll, throwing in a couple instrumentals too. His repertoire includes both socially relevant lyrics and good-time music, featuring some of the latter when the former gets a bit too somber. Although there are some solid solos from his supporting players (including three guitar spots for Duke Robillard, two fine solos from tenor saxophonist Dennis Taylor, and a guest appearance by Carey Bell on harmonica during "Find Yourself"), Clearwater is the main star throughout. Fortunately, he is heard in prime form, whether happily jamming "I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down" and "Blues Cruise" or singing in a more serious mood on "Winds of Change" and "Everything to Gain." A gem. ~Review by Scott Yanow

Reservation Blues

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Bob Corritore And Friends - Harmonica Blues

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:34
Size: 142,8 MB
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Scans: Full

1. What Kind Of Man Is This? (4:18)
2. Tell Me 'Bout It (4:09)
3. Things You Do (3:01)
4. Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes (2:50)
5. 1815 West Roosevelt (3:58)
6. That's All Right (3:17)
7. Tin Pan Alley (5:30)
8. Sundown San Diego (3:50)
9. That's My Baby (4:42)
10. Things Have Changed (3:09)
11. Big Fat Mama (3:51)
12. No More Doggin' (4:24)
13. Bumble Bee (3:37)
14. I Need To Be Be'd With (3:32)
15. 6 Bits In Your Dollar (7:20)

Over two-plus decades, Bob Corritore has become one of the most reliable sidemen as a talented blues harmonica player, popular with younger musicians and veterans. This compilation features Corritore in a variety of settings over that 20-year period, with all-star bluesmen galore. Each track singles out his exploits with such notable blues legends as Koko Taylor, Louisiana Red, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Eddy Clearwater, Henry Gray, Pinetop Perkins, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and Little Milton among countless others.

There's no way to pick the best songs (they're all great) unless you favor certain types of blues from boogie, choogling struts, or rough-edged, down-and-dirty Southside Chicago shouts. The funniest track is Nappy Brown's feature "Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes," sung in a deep, ribald manner. In an ultimately classic style, vocalist Lockwood and pianist Gray team up on "That's All Right," while Clearwater takes the cake on an upbeat and joyous "That's My Baby." The lesser known Chief Schabuttie Gilliame cops Howlin' Wolf during "No More Doggin'" and "Tell Me 'Bout It" whiles Louisiana Red comes closest to the immortal style of Muddy Waters.

Throughout is Corritore's biting, literate, clean harmonica playing that fortifies, glues together, and inspires these-well known artists. Nothing less than a fantastic collection of authentic American music, Harmonica Blues is a must-have item for any fan of this music. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic

(See booklet for recording info and personnel details.)

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Eddy The Chief Clearwater - Chicago Daily Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:26
Size: 168.1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1993/2015
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. 2 X 9
[4:27] 2. Chicago Daily Blues
[4:05] 3. A Little Bit Of Blues A Little Bit Of Rock & Roll
[4:38] 4. The World Is In A Bad Situation
[4:24] 5. Payments On My Woman
[4:30] 6. Blast Off
[8:36] 7. Came Up The Hard Way
[3:13] 8. Nashville Road
[6:26] 9. Caldonia
[6:18] 10. Chicago Daily Blues
[2:46] 11. You Don't Have To Go
[7:33] 12. The Things I Used To Do
[4:41] 13. The Twist
[7:36] 14. Johnny B. Goode

During the 1950s, Chicago’s West Side was a breeding ground for some of the world’s greatest bluesmen. Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Freddie King and others ruled the clubs. With his fierce guitar playing, soulful and emotive vocals and wild stage shows, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater easily belongs on this list. A Chicago legend, Clearwater is an intense, flamboyant blues-rocking showman. He’s equally comfortable playing the deepest, most heartfelt blues or rocking, good-time party music. DownBeat said, “Left-hander Eddy Clearwater is a forceful six-stringer...He lays down some gritty West Side shuffles and belly-grinding slow blues that highlight his raw chops, soulful vocals, and earthy, humorous lyrics.”

Between his slashing left-handed guitar work, his room-filling vocals, his self-defined “rock-a-blues” style (a forceful mix of blues, rock, rockabilly, country and gospel), his boundless energy and even his signature Indian headdress, Clearwater is among the very finest practitioners of the West Side blues working today. The blues world recognized his talent by giving him the Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues – Male Artist of the Year in 2001.

Chicago Daily Blues

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Eddy Clearwater - Blues Hang Out

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:06
Size: 155.9 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1989/2008
Art: Front

[5:12] 1. Blues Hang Out
[7:34] 2. I Came Up The Hard Way
[3:07] 3. Set It Out
[7:49] 4. Stormy Monday
[2:56] 5. Boogie Woogie Baby
[5:07] 6. Blues For Breakfast
[2:58] 7. Miss You So
[6:46] 8. Chicago Daley Blues
[3:40] 9. That's My Baby
[4:24] 10. You Upset Me Baby
[5:06] 11. I Don't Know Why
[2:39] 12. Hound Dog
[7:58] 13. Somebody Please Help Me
[2:42] 14. Lay My Guitar Down

Eddy Clearwater has had a tough time shaking his "Chuck Berry imitator" label, and he includes Berry-tinged numbers at the halfway point and end of this nice, if thoroughly derivative, urban blues set recorded in 1989 for Black and Blue and recently reissued by Evidence on CD, with the familiar country boogie shuffle and tinkling licks. Clearwater could not do a set without the signature "Lay My Guitar Down," and this rendition is surging and enjoyable although inferior to the definitive one. Otherwise, it is a pile-driving and urgently performed date; Clearwater and Will Crosby swap slashing lines, crackling phrases, and answering fills. Clearwater's session contains several robust, entertaining passages, even if there is absolutely nothing you have not heard before. ~Ron Wynn

Blues Hang Out

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Various - Chicago Blues Nights Vols. 1 & 2

Album: Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:28
Size: 138.4 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[9:21] 1. Jimmy Dawkins - Welfare Line
[4:28] 2. Jimmy Dawkins - You Don't Love Me
[2:56] 3. Jimmy Dawkins - Down In Virginia
[4:45] 4. Jimmy Dawkins - Lucky You
[4:03] 5. Hip Lankchan - Millionaire Blues
[3:26] 6. Hip Lankchan - Hip's Jam
[2:50] 7. Hip Lankchan - All Right The Way You Do
[4:10] 8. Hip Lankchan - Sweet Home Chicago
[4:14] 9. Jimmy Dawkins - So Glad You're Mine
[2:50] 10. Jimmy Dawkins - Alli I Want
[3:30] 11. Hip Lankchan - Little By Little
[4:14] 12. Hip Lankchan - Lucille
[4:43] 13. Hip Lankchan - I Want Some
[4:52] 14. Hip Lankchan - Hide Away

This disc is the first in a new series "The Blues Recorded Live In Chicago" capturing the very special atmosphere in the joints of Chicago's black ghetto, West- and Southside created by the great bluesmen playing and not the least by the enthusiastic black audience present at the various venues we are going to visit. This is The Blues of the mid-70s as recorded on the spot, originally produced for the French MCM label but now to appear for the first time including much previously unissued material - on Storyville CDs!

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Album: Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:16
Size: 138.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:50] 1. Eddy Clearwater - Let's Jam
[6:49] 2. Eddy Clearwater - I Came Up The Hard Way
[5:32] 3. Eddy Clearwater - Three Ways To Skin A Cat
[3:04] 4. Jimmy Dawkins - Let's Boogie
[2:55] 5. Jimmy Dawkins - Opening
[4:30] 6. Jimmy Dawkins - Red Light
[3:23] 7. Jimmy Dawkins - Big Town Play Boy
[4:07] 8. Eddie Taylor - Jackson Town Blues
[5:57] 9. Eddie Taylor - Train Fare Home
[5:48] 10. Eddie Taylor - Route 66 (A One A Two)
[4:53] 11. Jimmy Dawkins - Tell Me Mama
[4:19] 12. Eddie Taylor - Blues For Luc
[4:04] 13. Jimmy Dawkins - Blow Wind Blow

Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Sylvester Boines and Fred Below make up a blues band which is completely out of the ordinary and one of the most fascinating that blues fans could dream of... Number 1 -4 of this CD is the continuation of their recording at "Ma Bea's" famous club on the West Side in November, 1976 - a session which has already resulted in the CD, "Black Night" (Storyville STCD 8036). For the other tunes on this CD (from 5-13), the tape-recorder at the "Golden Slipper" caught Fred Below's Blues Combo, featuring the well-known Eddie Taylor on guitar and vocals. This veteran of the blues is provided with a strong guitar back-up by Lacy Gibson who takes the two solos on "Red Light". Moreover, fans will easily identify guitarists Eddie Taylor and Lacy Gibson when they improvise one after another on "Big Town Play Boy" or "Blues For Luc". Fred Below may not be the greatest of singers but he certainly gives us a very pleasant and swinging version of "Route 66", starting with his famous and rhythmic "A one and a two... and you know what to do!".

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VA - The Chicago Blues Box: The MCM Records Story

Size: 148,0+144,8+182,4+144,7+143,7+167,5+166,7+147,5 MB
Time: 63:02+61:27+77:53+61:43+60:41+71:04+71:11+62:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1: MAGIC SLIM
Magic Slim (g, voc), Alabama Junior Pettis (g) Nick Holt (b) & Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. Magic Slim - That's All Right (5:55)
02. Magic Slim - Slim's Bump (3:57)
03. Magic Slim - Going Down Slow (7:21)
04. Magic Slim - Born In Missouri (6:43)
05. Magic Slim - Let Me Love You (6:11)
06. Magic Slim - The Things I Used To Do (7:34)
07. Magic Slim - That Ain't Right (4:02)
08. Magic Slim - Honest I Do (3:40)
09. Magic Slim - Nineteen Years Old (6:33)
10. Magic Slim - Born On A Bad Sign (7:00)
11. Magic Slim - Please Love Me (4:01)

CD 2: BIG MOJO ELEM, JOHN LITTLE JOHN
(on tracks 1-5, 7, 10-11) Big Mojo Elem (b, voc), Willie James Lyon (g) , Wayne Bennett (g), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 12, 1977

(on tracks 6, 9 & 12) John Littlejohn (g, voc), Larry Burton (g) , Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

01. Big Mojo Elem - Drowning On Dry Land ( 5:11)
02. Big Mojo Elem - Every Night And Every Day ( 3:33)
03. Big Mojo Elem - Black Nights ( 4:45)
04. Big Mojo Elem - Hush ( 5:18)
05. Big Mojo Elem - Red Light ( 5:03)
06. John Littlejohn - Dream ( 7:12)
07. Big Mojo Elem - Mojo Boogie ( 2:41)
08. Big Mojo Elem - Living In Paradise ( 2:32)
09. John Littlejohn - Twelve Years Old Boy ( 5:57)
10. Big Mojo Elem - Every Night And Every Day ( 3:32)
11. Big Mojo Elem - Long Meter Stomp (11:59)
12. John Littlejohn - Reconsider Baby ( 3:39)

CD 3: EDDIE CLEARWATER, EDDIE TAYLOR
(On tracks 1-6, 10 & 12) Eddie Clearwater (g, voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g) , Sylvester Boines(b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 5, 1976

(on tracks 7-9 & 11) Eddie Taylor (g, voc), Lacy Gibson (g), Hayes Ware (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 24, 1977.
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

01. Eddy Clearwater - Let's Jam (4:51)
02. Eddy Clearwater - I Came Up The Hard Way (6:48)
03. Eddy Clearwater - Three Ways To Skin A Cat (5:32)
04. Eddy Clearwater - Black Night (9:17)
05. Eddy Clearwater - Chicago Dailey Blues (9:26)
06. Eddy Clearwater - Hoochie Coochie Man (6:52)
07. Eddie Taylor - Jackson Town Blues (4:07)
08. Eddie Taylor - Train Fare Home (5:57)
09. Eddie Taylor - Route 66 (A One A Two) (5:47)
10. Eddy Clearwater - Rock Me Baby (6:34)
11. Eddie Taylor - Blues For Luc (4:18)
12. Eddy Clearwater - The Things I Used To Do (8:16)

CD 4: BOBBY KING
Bobby King (g, voc), Leonard Gil (g), Harry Mitchum (b), Bill Warren (d), Muddy Waters Jr (voc, on 7 & 10).
Recorded at Quuen Bee's, Chicago, October 9, 1975.

01. Bobby King - Reconsider Baby ( 5:34)
02. Bobby King - My Babe ( 5:31)
03. Bobby King - Everyday I Have The Blues ( 7:18)
04. Bobby King - The Chaser ( 4:04)
05. Bobby King - Sweet House Chicago ( 2:32)
06. Bobby King - Bad Luck ( 3:19)
07. Muddy Waters - Old Folks Boogie (13:46)
08. Bobby King - Stormy Monday Blues ( 7:18)
09. Bobby King - Hoochie Coochie Man ( 8:17)
10. Muddy Waters - Everything Gonna Be Alright ( 4:00)

CD 5: JIMMY JOHNSON, LUTHER JOHNSON JR., WILLIE KENT
(on tracks 1-4) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g), Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 15, 1975

(on tracks 5-7, 11-14) Luther Johnson Jr (g, voc)., Willie James Lyons (g), Willie Kent (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

(on tracks 8-10) Willie Kent (b, voc), Willie James Lyons (g), Big ‘Guitar’ Red (g), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

01. Jimmy Johnson - So Many Roads (6:28)
02. Jimmy Johnson - Crosscut Saw (4:08)
03. Jimmy Johnson - Ma Bea's Rock (3:13)
04. Jimmy Johnson - Feel So Bad (4:23)
05. Luther Johnson Jr. - I Believe My Time Ain't Long (4:54)
06. Luther Johnson Jr. - All Your Love (4:38)
07. Luther Johnson Jr. - You Gotta Have Soul (4:15)
08. Willie Kent - Little Red Rooster (4:16)
09. Willie Kent - Nineteen Years Old (4:08)
10. Willie Kent - What Will Tomorrow Bring (4:12)
11. Luther Johnson Jr. - Got A Mind To Travel (4:31)
12. Luther Johnson Jr. - Can You Use A Man Like Me (3:54)
13. Luther Johnson Jr. - I Got To Be Crazy (4:04)
14. Luther Johnson Jr. - Got Papers On You Baby (3:32)

CD 6: JIMMY DAWKINS, HIP LANKCHAN
(on tracks 1-4, 9-10) Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc), Richard Kirch (g), Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976.

(on tracks 5-8 & 14) Hip Lankchan (g, voc), Jimmy Miller (g) , Ernest Gatewood (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 1, 1976

(on tracks 11-12) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc), David Matthews (g), Ike Anderson (b), Dino Neal (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 19, 1977

(on track 13) Alabama Junior Pettis (g, voc), Magic Slim (g), Nick Holt (b), Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. Jimmy Dawkins - Welfare Line (9:18)
02. Jimmy Dawkins - You Don't Love Me (4:27)
03. Jimmy Dawkins - Come Back Baby (5:51)
04. Jimmy Dawkins - I Got Wise (8:40)
05. Hip Lankchan - Millionaire Blues (3:57)
06. Hip Lankchan - Hip's Jam (3:22)
07. Hip Lankchan - All Right The Way You Do (2:50)
08. Hip Lankchan - Sweet House Chicago (4:05)
09. Jimmy Dawkins - Cross Road Blues (5:59)
10. Jimmy Dawkins - Blue Shadow Falling (5:26)
11. Jimmy Johnson - Little By Little (3:25)
12. Jimmy Johnson - Lucille (4:09)
13. Alabama Junior Pettis - I Want Some (4:38)
14. Hip Lankchan - Hide Away (4:50)

CD 7: BIG VOICE ODOM, JIMMY DAWKINS
Andrew Odom (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc) Jimmy Johnson (g) , Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 28, 1976
Tracks 10 & 11, same place and personnel, recorded on October 16, 1975.

01. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Going To California (7:41)
02. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Don't Know (7:37)
03. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Thrill Is Gone (5:25)
04. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Stormy Monday Blues (5:45)
05. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - All For Business (5:17)
06. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Rock Me Baby (4:43)
07. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Wonder Why (4:33)
08. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Sitting Here Wondering (6:43)
09. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Can't Go On The Way (6:54)
10. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Want To Know (8:59)
11. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I've Been Mistreated (7:29)

CD 8: BLUEBLOOD McMAHON, JOE CARTER
(on tracks 1-9) Andrew MacMahon (voc), John Littlejohn, Jimmy Dawkins & Larry Burton (g), Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

(on tracks 10-12) Andrew MacMahon (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g), Richard Kirch (g) Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976

(on tracks 13-14) Louis Meyers (g), Joe Carter (g, voc) Dave Meyers (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 14, 1975.

01. Andrew McMahon - Go Get Me Baby (4:43)
02. Andrew McMahon - I Wonder Why (4:12)
03. Andrew McMahon - Change My Way Of Living (4:47)
04. Andrew McMahon - You Got To Help Yourself (4:33)
05. Andrew McMahon - Give Up And Let Me Go (2:50)
06. Andrew McMahon - What Would We Do Later On (4:06)
07. Andrew McMahon - You Don't Have To Go (5:36)
08. Andrew McMahon - It Hurts Me Too (5:37)
09. Andrew McMahon - Got My Mojo Working (4:16)
10. Andrew McMahon - Little Red Rooster (3:39)
11. Andrew McMahon - So Glad (4:14)
12. Andrew McMahon - Stranger In Your Land (5:04)
13. Joe Carter - Worried About My Baby (4:29)
14. Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too (4:07)

The brief and dazzling life of MCM Records was a labor of love that captured many treasurable live performances from the last flowering of the classic Chicago Blues age. A young French woman Marcelle Chailleux Morgantini was married to Jacques Morgantini who changed her life into American jazz and blues.

Guitarist Jimmy Dawkins was a good friend and helped them in Chicago to meet and hear the many good blues musicians that played at the different clubs in Chicago. Marcelle returned from her Chicago pilgrimage filled with excitement. Says Jacques Morgantini: It was the year of Marcelle’s 50th birthday and she came into some money from her family. She said to me, “I do not want an expensive coat or jewels – I want to go to Chicago to record the blues. She knew that it could only be done if she had her own record label and complete artistic control. Marcelle made three trips to Chicago in 1975,1976 and 1977 and arrived with her Nagra machine, a small mixing desk and a selection of microphones.

She recorded live: Magic Slim, Big Mojo Elem,John Littlejohn, Eddie Clearwater,Eddie Taylor, Bobby King,Jimmy Johnson, Luther Johnson Jr.,Willie Kent, James Lyons,Hip Lankchan,Big Vocie Odom,Bluebloos McMahon, Joe Carter and Jimmy Dawkins at “Ma Bea’s”, “Golden Slipper”, “Queen Bea’s”, and “Big Duke’s”, on Chicago west and south side. Many of the blues musicians had not recorded before and can only been found on the Storyville label that issued all the recordings on CD’s. She was at the right place at the right time.

The Chicago Blues Box CD 1
The Chicago Blues Box CD 2
The Chicago Blues Box CD 3
The Chicago Blues Box CD 4
The Chicago Blues Box CD 5
The Chicago Blues Box CD 6
The Chicago Blues Box CD 7
The Chicago Blues Box CD 8

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